boccone’s sand spurry

(greek sea-spurrey)
Spergularia bocconei

Member of sand-spurries (genus Spergularia)
pink family (family Caryophyllaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• base of stem not woody
• 0–2 per axillary cluster
• leaves ± fleshy
• stipules generally 1.5–4.5 mm, dull, white to tan, generally inconspicuous
• rare

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Chris’s observations: none

Not all sites agree about the scientific name:

• Spergularia bocconei → iNaturalist
• Spergularia bocconi → Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora